Century Aluminum’s proposed USD 4 billion primary aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma, is “moving forward on all fronts” as the company prepares for construction, despite local opposition and legal challenges, CEO Jesse Gary said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Developed jointly by Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the project is designed to produce 750,000 tonnes of primary aluminum annually, potentially doubling U.S. primary aluminum production. The facility is expected to create thousands of direct and indirect jobs and add USD 1.5 billion to Oklahoma’s gross domestic product, according to company estimates. The partners had targeted construction to begin by the end of 2026. However, local restrictions and permitting challenges have affected the...
LME aluminium stocks declined by more than half during the first nine months of 2026, falling by 267,875 tonnes from 509,250 tonnes on January 2 to 241,375 tonnes on September 30 (52.6 per cent). The decline continued throughout the period, with average warehouse inventories falling each month. Compared with the same period in 2025, monthly average stocks were lower across all nine months, with the gap widening in the third quarter. Q1 LME aluminium stocks fall 18.2 per cent LME aluminium inventories continued to decline during Q1 2026. Month-end stocks fell from 495,725 tonnes in January to 465,550 tonnes in February, before dropping further to 416,775 tonnes in March. Monthly average inventories stood at 498,670 tonnes in January, 481,801 tonnes in February and 440,710 tonnes in March....
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...-Alcoa (NYSE:AA) has named Dina Shapiro Director, Marketing Communications and Branding, responsible for driving an integrated marketing strategy across the Company’s businesses and enhancing Alcoa’s iconic brand around the world...
...Argentina's biggest aluminum producer, Aluar (ALU.BA: Quote), is planning to invest soon in Brazil and expects output to reach 475,000 tonnes this year, the company's chief executive said on Monday...
...The aluminium maker expects demand for the metal to rise by 8.3%, after growing 9% in 2010, spurred by growing consumption in the Bric (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries..
...Chinalco , the Chinese aluminum group, has no plans to reduce its stake in Rio Tinto Ltd and said it views the Australian miner as a "key strategic partner," according to a report in the Financial Times...
...Indian state-run metal producer National Aluminium Co (NALCO) has raised aluminium prices by Rs 5,000 per tonne in the domestic market, a senior company official said on Sunday...
...(China Aluminium Network) China’s alumina output grew obviously on large imports of bauxite imports in 2010.Primary alumiinum output created record high on strong demand. Physical consumption of China’s primary aluminium reached 16 million tons or so...
...Henan,(China Aluminium Network)April 1, Henan’s plan to eliminate backward production capacity has been nailed down and submitted to Ministry of Industry and Information to approve. About 158 enterprises from 15 industries will eliminate backward capacity...
... Primary alumiinum output created record high on strong demand . Physical consumption of China's promary aluminium reached 16 million tons or ...
...National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco), the Navratna PSU under Union Ministry of Mines and country’s leading manufacturer and exporter of alumina and aluminium has reported all-round improvement in production and sales for 2010-11...
... SHFE 1106 aluminum contract prices opened slightly lower at RMB 16,760/mt, and later struggled around the daily moving average after briefly climbing to an intraday high of RMB 16,810/mt, ...
... LME aluminum prices opened at USD 2,640/mt, with prices struggling at the 5-day moving average in the morning session. Later, LME aluminum prices slid rapidly to below USD 2,600/mt as US dollar ...
...Alcoa seems to be calling the shots now. The world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina raised the prices of some of its products in March. [1] The stock market clearly likes this news, with the company’s stock rising by more than 8% since then. Alcoa competes with other international metals and mining giants like Rusal, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Chalco...
...New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd. is reallocating and reprioritizing customer orders to help Japanese customers whose operations are affected by the earthquake, the company said Friday...
...Hindalco Industries rose 1.82% at Rs. 212.45 at 10:53 IST after the company said it raised Rs. 7875 crore as loans for its 3.59 lakh tonnes per annum greenfield aluminium smelter project in Madhya Pradesh...
...New energy, new materials, information network, biological medicine, energy-saving and environment friendly sectors desired to be innovation, no exception for fenestration industry. It is a must to complete industrial structural adjustment, ontherwise it is not easy to finish the object of the construction energy-saving and emission reduction during the “ twelfth-five” year...
...It was reported that China would continue to control and manage exploitation amount of tungsten, antimony and rare earth mineral ores. Rare earth mining would be controlled within 93,800 tons in 2011...
...Most of the aluminum-production capacity in China that was halted on power curbs last year has been restarted, according to researcher CRU International Ltd., boosting output in the world’s largest consumer of the metal...
...MHM’s expansion into the United States is progressing well and activities to date are extremely positive. MHM and Smelter Service Corporation have entered a contract concerning the testing program of SSC’s 350,000 tonne salt cake mono fill. This testing program is designed to determine the recoverable portion of salt slag, together with grades of aluminum, salt and aluminum oxide...
